Stories and portraits from Recovery Cafe.
Linda Rogers paints with her words. She told me the most painful things in her life in the most beautiful imagery. “My life was like the shattered bits in a kaleidoscope.“, she said. “You can’t put them back together but you can take the shattered bits and make a mosaic of them.”
Dean Chen is legally blind. He has never been addicted or homeless but Recovery Cafe helps him find his way through life with a disability. “At Recovery Cafe everyone is here to improve themselves I like that.”
Find every story recorded so far here. Or read more about the cafe, it’s members and programs here.
Sketch Away: Travels with my sketchbook 
My heart is saddened by they stories and excited about their stories of hope, healing and recovery. I am awe-inspired by this project – your sketches, portraits, reportage.
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Thanks you Cheryl, it’s an incredible experience for me. I’m meeting amazing people. If we had 1/10th their resilience and tenacity, there’s nothing we could not do.
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Wow! So, beautiful that you have a gift that has allowed you to get to be a part of these peoples’ lives and their stories of healing in such a unique way. Thank you for posting these sketches.
You not only have a gift of art, but you are gifted at listening and encouragement 🙂
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Thanks Lynn, I provide no encouragement, I ask no questions, they tell their story, I draw, I take notes.
But yes, I’m meeting amazing people.
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Suhita, I love what you are doing and because of your series, I have donated in lost friends names instead of flowers.. touching stories..
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Sandra, thank you for following along and reading, it means a lot to me and to those whose portraits these are: they want to be seen, they want you to know their stories.
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